Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google
by aklemm on Friday January 26, 2018 @01:50PM
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I'll agree it was unwise. But the person literally clarified the point. Look, it makes me uncomfortable too, but I understand it as a style of speaking and that people get carried away and that non-offensive language sometimes feels ineffectual. Eyes on the ball: fire bigots not people who are a little loose with their language.
Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google
by Veelox on Friday January 26, 2018 @01:58PM
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Okay, so what if the "bigots[0]" are not intolerant just a little loose with their language? How do we differentiate the two?
[0] a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions. source: https://www.google.com/search?q=bigot
Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google
by aklemm on Friday January 26, 2018 @02:06PM
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Just look for tangible damage vs. mere words being exchanged. If I'm intolerant and have a pattern of keeping black people off my team, then I'm in for consequences.
Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google
by Veelox on Friday January 26, 2018 @03:05PM
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But that isn't how tech currently operates. If I have a gay coworker on my team, we get along fine, I have never said an ill word or done an ill deed to them I can still get labeled homophobic for speaking in favor of traditional marriage. I can still be disciplined just for words.
Re:The Dirty War Over Diversity Inside Google
by fjsolwmv on Friday January 26, 2018 @04:16PM
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Bigot is now used to mean a generalized term for "someone who stereotypes or discriminates against others"
One of the typical examples of a micro aggression is the unnecessary inclusion of a description "I went to the women doctor today," "That was a very fine dressed black man," "That old cashier was really slow."
In the same way I see the inclusion of race in both sentences promoting discrimination based on race. I would go so far as to say that the inclusion of race in both statements makes the statement racist (in the sense that racism is the discrimination of a person or persons based on their race).